 mother gloam is a vibrant 65-year old woman with coal-black eyes and a crow crow's nest of black hair she dresses in voluminous silk gypsy-like dresses in clashing colors smooth-tongued and intelligent she is quick to tell fortunes using her tarot cards with which she has a natural skill treat as the clerical   augury   spell note however that what she sees in the cards and what she tells often differ as she is as devious as she is intelligent mother gloam is like her son trevus one of the leaders of the cult that summoned the abishai to caermor having no spells capable of causing this act she and her fellow conspirators relied upon sacrifice and prayer and discovered to their surprise that it worked mother gloam tries hard to mislead anyone trying to get information about recent troubles usually putting the blame on albee if she meets the pcs and talks with them she can gauge accurately whether they are a powerful and effective group dm dm's judgement taking into account the group unit cooperation and balance as well as levels note that any time mother gloam visits the abishai now housed in a deserted chapel she uses a spell of   change self   to conceal her true appearance usually taking the form of an elderly man mother gloam does not publicly acknowledge trevus to be her son as it gives them both more freedom to work their wiles she suspsects belle of being more than she appears fearing even that belle has some influence over trevus nonetheless she actively supports the coven and is as enthusiastic about their current plans as any in fact she has laid out most of the coven coven's plans herself after the abishai has driven the villagers into submission with murders and kidnappings &ndash; with the kidnapped victims becoming slaves or sacrifices &ndash; the coven will expand its influence toward other nearby cities eventually taking control of dunador completely the kidnapping of gwendolyn is a major step in this direction as it has spread terror and distrust throughout the countryside mother gloam desires power &ndash; lots of it &ndash; and the abishai is her ticket to success mother gloam has some skill as an alchemist and can create a magical sleep-type potion the effects of which are similar to narcolepsy probably mother gloam gloam's most dangerous weapon is her influence over the villagers themselves particularly derion if she and her co-conspirators fail in any action against the pcs the next day mother gloam does the rounds of the villagers subtly turning them against the travelers and creating an atmosphere of more paranoia distrust and coldness she is sure to spend time with derion suggesting through the cards that the strangers might be in league with albee  mother gloam  human dual-classed 2nd-level wizard 2nd-level priestess of molikroth ac 9 ring ; mv 9; w2 c2; hp 11; thac0 20; #at 1; dmg by weapon type; s 7 d 9 c 10 i 16 w 13 ch 15; sz m; ml 13; al le; xp 175;   dagger of venom   three doses   ring of protection 1  vial containing a special   potion of narcolepsy     wand of fear   three charges left pack of non-magical tarot cards unholy symbol of horns of molikroth hidden spell components lantern tinderbox three flasks of oil 5 gp 30 sp wizard spells 4 1st -   burning hands     change self  x2   sleep   priest spells 3 1st -   cause light wounds     cure light wounds     light priest light   